顽固 meaning in English

wángù

stubborn; obstinate

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 頑固18 strokes

Meaning of 顽固

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

wángù
  1. stubborn; obstinate

顽固 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā年nián纪jì越yuè大dà变biàn得de越yuè顽wán固gù。
He became more obstinate as he grew older.
烤kǎo箱xiāng内nèi如rú有yǒu液yè体tǐ洒sǎ出chū,应yīng立lì即jí清qīng理lǐ,以yǐ免miǎn留liú下xià顽wán固gù污wū渍zì。
Clean up spills inside the oven as soon as they happen to avoid stubborn stains.

Stroke order for each character

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顽 wán · stubborn · 10 strokes

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固 gù · to solidify · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 顽固.

固定gùdìngto fix; to fasten
坚固jiāngùfirm; firmly
顽强wánqiángtenacious; hard to defeat
顽皮wánpínaughty
巩固gǒnggùto consolidate; to strengthen; firm; solid; stable
固执gùzhiobstinate; stubborn
牢固láogùfirm; secure
凝固nínggùto freeze; to solidify
稳固wěngùstable; steady
固然gùránadmittedly (it's true that...)
根深蒂固gēnshēn-dìgùdeep-rooted (problem etc)
类固醇lèigùchúnsteroid

Questions about 顽固

What does 顽固 mean?

顽固 (wángù) means "stubborn; obstinate" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 顽固?

顽固 is made of 2 characters: 顽 (10 strokes), 固 (8 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 顽固 an HSK word?

Yes. 顽固 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 顽固 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 顽固 is written 頑固.